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Maya Moore Went Off And The Lynx Won Game 2 Of The WNBA Finals
The WNBA Finals are now tied at 1-1, following a 19-point win by the Minnesota Lynx over the Los Angeles Sparks. ...
Alana Beard Hits Buzzer-Beater To Give Sparks Game 1 Win In WNBA Finals
Today’s WNBA Finals Game 1 between the L.A. Sparks and Minnesota Lynx ended with a buzzer-beater from guard Alana Beard to give Los Angeles a 78-76 win and 1-0 lead in the best-of-five series....
World Champion Pole Vaulter's Explanation For Positive Cocaine Test Totally Worked, Somehow
World champion pole vaulter Shawnacy Barber tested positive for cocaine after winning the Canadian Olympic trials in July, but was allowed to compete in Rio after an arbitrator ruled that he inadvertently ingested the cocaine while kissing a woman he had solicited for sex on Craigslist the night bef...
Entire Indiana Fever Team Kneels During National Anthem
The Indiana Fever were eliminated from the WNBA playoffs after losing 87-78 to the Phoenix Mercury last night. Before the game started, every player on the Fever roster locked arms and knelt during the singing of the national anthem, in protest of racial injustice in America....
Carmelo Anthony Expresses Solidarity With WNBA Players Protesting Violence<em></em>
A week after members of the Minnesota Lynx wore shirts condemning the killings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling and the shootings that left five Dallas police officers dead, the WNBA decided to fine players from the New York Liberty, Phoenix Mercury, and Indiana Fever who have been wearing bla...
WNBA Players Continue Protests Despite Fines, Stage Media Blackout
The New York Liberty played a game against the Indiana Fever this morning, the first game either team has played since being fined by the WNBA for wearing clothing that expressed support for Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Black Lives Matter, and the slain Dallas police officers. Based on events t...
WNBA Fines Teams And Players For Speaking Out Against Violence
In response to the deadly shootings of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and five Dallas police officers, members of the New York Liberty, Phoenix Mercury, and Indiana Fever have been wearing black warmup shirts as a form of protest against the recent acts of violence. Today, the WNBA fined them for...
Minneapolis Cops Walk Off Job At WNBA Game After Lynx Players Speak Out Against Violence
Four off-duty Minneapolis police officers working security at Saturday’s WNBA game at the Target Center quit their (freelance) jobs and walked out, after four Lynx players held a press conferencing denouncing violence committed by and against police, and the entire team wore warmup shirts mentioning...
Report: Candace Parker Left Off United States Olympic Basketball Team
Candace Parker is one of the best players in the WNBA, a two-time MVP who does cool dunks and has made the All-WNBA first or second team in every season she’s been healthy. She has also won two gold medals with the United States Olympic team, but according to a report from ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne, s...
Gilbert Arenas Proposes That The WNBA Contain More Butts
Gilbert Arenas, a man best known for giving away his shoes on Twitter, has some thoughts on how to improve the WNBA. He was inspired by this mildly NSFW Instagram video:...
Max Kellerman Sucks At Basketball
Max Kellerman’s rep as a boxing maven is solid, but his athletic abilities are open for questioning after his involvement in a SportsNation stunt today that left him breathing co-host Michelle Beadle’s fumes....
WNBA Refs Award Made Basket For Shot That Clearly Did Not Enter Basket
In case you were wondering, there are people who actually wager on WNBA games. And some of those people were likely paying very close attention to the final minutes of last night’s Chicago Sky vs. Atlanta Dream game, because referees awarded Chicago’s Elena Delle Donne a basket that did not even com...
Brittney Griner Files Annulment Papers Day After Wife Announces Baby
WNBA star Brittney Griner filed for an annulment of her marriage to fellow WNBA player Glory Johnson yesterday, one day after Johnson announced that she was expecting a child. There is a lot going on here, so let’s refresh our memories with a timeline....
The WNBA has suspended Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson seven games each for an April 22 domestic-violence incident in which Griner pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct (Johnson’s case is still pending). They will also have to independently attend counseling. Griner and Johnson married on May 8. [W...
Diana Taurasi's Russian Team Is Paying Her To Skip The WNBA Season
Since the early 2000s, many WNBA players have also played for teams overseas. The WNBA season is only four months long, so they can effectively play for two teams in one year. They do this for the obvious reason: money. Brittney Griner, who was a WNBA sensation during her rookie season, was paid jus...
Elena Delle Donne Outscores Entire Other Team In 4th-Quarter Comeback
The Chicago Sky completed a magnificent comeback to take the third and deciding game of the WNBA Eastern Conference semifinals, charging back from 17 points down with eight minutes remaining to top Atlanta 81-80....
Brittney Griner Throws Down A Nice Breakaway Dunk
Brittney Griner slammed home the first dunk in the history of the WNBA playoffs during last night's rout of the L.A. Sparks. ...
Brittney Griner Says Baylor Wasn't A Good Place To Be Gay
Brittney Griner came out early in high school, but while being recruited, was concerned that her sexuality would be an issue at Baylor, a Baptist school. "Big Girl, I don't care what you are," Griner said her future coach Kim Mulkey told her. "You can be black, white, blue, purple, whatever. As long...